Aligarh Airport
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
The dream of Aligarh city residents to fly from Aligarh Airport in Dhanipur is going to be fulfilled in the new year. The license to fly has been issued on the first day of the New Year itself. At present, preparations are being made to start operation of 19 seater aircraft from here. City businessmen will benefit from this.
Under the UDAN scheme of the Central Government, airstrips in six districts of the state including Aligarh are being developed as airports. The responsibility of its construction was given to the Government Construction Corporation. This included land acquisition as well as construction work. Its construction was completed about one and a half years ago. After this, the government applied for license in DGCA. On this, the DGCA team first inspected the security arrangements here. Some objections came to light in this. After this the DGCA team visited again regarding the flight. In this, the entire complex was inspected. Now the license has been issued on the basis of this report from the government level.
90 seater aircraft will fly in the second phase
In the second phase, flight services to other cities are to be started from here through 90 seater aircraft. Even the biggest aircraft like Airbus-320 and Boeing-737 will be able to land here. This airport is being prepared for international standard. A five km long runway is also being prepared. The Airport Authority has demanded 675 acres of land for the runway. Out of this, about 300 acres of land has been acquired, while 376 acres of land is being acquired further.
